Adaobi M. Okafor

University of Nigeria

Also at Redeemer's Universityfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2015, latest 2025

Nutrition and Dietetics
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Genetics
Health Information Management

Publications: 122015–2025
Citations: 72to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 0.701.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 12 scored papers
Open access: 83%10 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Citations received each year

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

12 in all

Bioinformatics tools in protein analysis: Structure prediction, interaction modelling, and function relationship
2025European Journal of Sustainable Development ResearchJournalOpen access4 citations10.29333/ejosdr/16340
Hypertension and its association with anthropometric indices among Nigerian adolescents
2025

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Nutrition and Dietetics650%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism325%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health325%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine217%
Genetics217%
Health Information Management217%
Surgery217%
Clinical Biochemistry18%
Clinical Psychology18%
General Health Professions18%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Child Nutrition and Water Access6
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet3
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies2
Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits2
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins2
Global Health and Epidemiology2
Agricultural risk and resilience1
Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks1
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations1
Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research1
Global Maternal and Child Health1
Health and Well-being Studies1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

8% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Oxleas NHS Foundation TrustGB1 paper
University of IbadanNG1 paper
Nigerian Defence AcademyNG1 paper
University of MaiduguriNG1 paper
Federal University of TechnologyNG1 paper
National Open University of NigeriaNG1 paper
Lagos State UniversityNG1 paper
University of CalabarNG1 paper
Obafemi Awolowo UniversityNG1 paper
Kaduna State UniversityNG1 paper

Where they publish

Archives of Public Health2
African Journal of Biomedical Research1
Age and Ageing1
Agro-Science1
Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science Journal1
European Journal of Sustainable Development Research1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger5
3Good health and well-being3

Most cited

Iron status of schoolchildren (6–15 years) and associated factors in rural Nigeria
Food & Nutrition Research3
201520 citationsOpen access · Gold
Prevalence and predictors of different patterns of hypertension among adults aged 20–60 years in rural communities of Southeast Nigeria: a cross-sectional study
Archives of Public Health3
202118 citationsOpen access · Gold
Effects of Moringa oleifera leaves on the blood glucose, blood pressure, and lipid profile of type 2 diabetic subjects: A parallel group randomized clinical trial of efficacy

Malawi Medical Journal

Prevalence and Determining Factors of Stunting among School-Aged Children in a Rural Nigerian Community: A Cross-Sectional Study

2021Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author5 citations10.12944/crnfsj.9.2.05

Malnutrition and its Associated Factors among Primary School Children in Nsukka, Nigeria

2019African Journal of Biomedical ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation

Food & Nutrition Research

Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition1

How it can be read

83% free to read

Diamond 5 · 42%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 25%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 8%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 8%A copy in a repository
Closed 2 · 17%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 12 papers name a funder

International Society of Hypertension1
World Health Organization1

Nutrition and Health3

202310 citationsOpen access · Bronze

Prevalence and Determining Factors of Stunting among School-Aged Children in a Rural Nigerian Community: A Cross-Sectional Study

Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science Journal2

20215 citationsOpen access · Diamond